"Is he alright?" Meredith came inside the room running and out off breath. Her blonde locks were in a mess, under her green eyes were bags and she was scared.

"Easy, Shepherd! There is no fire in this building or this room." Koracick said and smirkned. He turned in his chair and looked at Meredith. "You look like a crap, Shepherd."

"I feel like a crap." She stood next to him. "May I?" She asked and pointed at the scans.

"I already looked at them, but you can see them yourself." He moved his chair and let Meredith see the scans.

His brain looked normal, no brain bleed or damages. But then she looked closer and saw a small tumour in his occipital lobe. It wasn't bigger than three centimetres, but you could see it if you knew where to look. Meredith had been in Neuro for four years and wanted to be neurosurgeon, but fight with Derek changed it all. Because of her his alzheimer trial had ended, she had been fired and Derek had left for few days. It was a hard time for them but Meredith and Derek got over it and were happy until his dead.

D.C. and president made things hard for them again. Derek had to leave every week and he spent more time in D.C. than in Seattle. Boys were growing up and he was missing them. Meredith missed her husband and Derek missed his wife. They couldn't live without each other and they family. When Derek wanted to quit the job with president and come back home, he was hit by the semi truck and was pronounced dead.

"It's a tumour." Meredith pointed and looked at her husband through the window. "He has a brain tumour."

"I thought you wouldn't see it. It's too small and even some neurosurgeons wouldn't be able to find it." Koracick was suprised.

"I was in neuro for four years. I wanted to specialize in it."

"Seriously? What happened?" Koracick asked with interest. He had never heard about this. Meredith was excellent in general and that meant she would be excellent in neuro too.

"It doesn't matter."

"I'm curious, Shepherd." He smiled and Meredith rolled her eyes. Tom Koracick was a jerk.

"Let's talk about Derek. I assume you are going to operate." Meredith said.

"Yes. I would like to operate as soon as possible."

"Meredith?" She turned around and saw Luke with concern in his eyes.

"What?"

"We have problems."


"What do you mean by that?" Liz asked. All Shepherd sisters, Carolyn and Meredith were in the same room and listening to Luke. Meredith had decided that they needed to know about the situation in the hospital.

"Derek's life in a danger." Luke said. "We found evidence that someone wanted to kill him and we assume that they won't stop until Derek's is dead."

"Oh my god! Are this for real?" Nancy said and stood up. "Why someone wants to kill him?"

"Because Derek got job with the President. There was another doctor, who wanted it more than Derek, but didn't get it." Meredith said.

"Are they still free?" Carolyn said and squeezed Kath's hand.

"Yes, we are – "

"Why the hell they are out there?" Nancy shouted. "You aren't doing your job!"

"Nancy, please, calm down!" Carolyn tried to calm her down. "They are doing what they can."

"I don't care! Someone wants to kill my brother, and you want me to sit and watch it?"

"We can't do anything." Amelia said. "Luke is doing his job."

"Do you know, who wants to kill him?"

"Yes. We are trying to find these persons."

"You are doing it wrong!" Nancy stood up. She turned her head and looked at Meredith. "Do you know who they are?"

Meredith didn't replay.

"You know."

"They are doing everything to catch them." Meredith answered. She opened her mounth to say more but Kath talked first.

"Let's not get into a fight. Luke and police are doing everything to catch them. We should focus on Derek and how to help him. We want him to wake up, don't we?"

The room was silent for the next few seconds.

"Derek has a brain tumour." Amelia started.

"Tomorrow they are going to operate and take it out." Meredith continued and looked around. "There are a big chance that he will wake up."

"Are you sure?" Asked Liz. She was now standing close to Meredith.

Meredith nodded. "We saw the tumour. It's small and almost unvisible, but it's there."

"How much dangerous it is?" Carolyn came closer and stood next to Liz.

"One wrong move and he will die or wake up with brain damage." She stopped and looked at her rings. "Or never wake up again."

"Then let's hope for the best." Luke said and smiled at Meredith. "But before his surgery I need to know some things."

"What exaclty, detective?"

"Can we speak in more private place?"

"Yes, of course." Meredith nodded and followed him outside. "We can go to my office."


Meredith had just closed the door to her house. It was late, almost eleven at night. She quetly took of her shoes and went upstairs.

The kids and Amelia had gone home at seven, leaving Meredith alone. She had wanted to sit with Derek before his surgery tomorrow. Carolyn and the rest of Derek's sisters left shortly after Amelia to her house. Meredith said that they all could fit into her house and they had agreed. They only needed to take their stuff from the hotel. The two guards were sent with them too. Meredith had seen their car outside.

She quietly knocked at Amelia's door. "Amelia?"

"Mer, you can come in." She heard from other side. She opened the door and saw Amelia sitting on the bed with sleeping Liz in it.

"Did you manage to get everyone a bed?"

"Kind of." She stood up. "Boys are asleep in your bed." Amelia smiled and looked at Liz. " Liz will be sleeping with me. Mom is sleeping in the guest room, Nancy in the office on the couch and Kath on the mattress in that room."

"And the guards?"

"I made them a place on the couch dowstairs."

"I didn't see them." Meredith nodder her head and went outside the room. Amelia followed her.

"They went to look around about ten minutes ago. We talked and I gave them today's breakfast to eat."

Meredith smiled. "And my little girl? Was she a trouble?"

Amelia laughed and put her hand on Meredith's. "No. She was sleeping all the time coming home. Two hours ago she woke up and I fed her, but then she didn't want to fall asleep so I moved her to your room too."

"So I won't be sleeping alone tonight."

"I don't think so."

"Thank you, Amy!" Meredith hugged her sister-in-law. "I don't know what I would do without you."

Amelia smiled. "You would be perfectly fine. Trust me, I know you. You are the wonder woman, Meredith."